This is the proceedings of the International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies which was held near Tokyo, Japan, in November 2003. The mee

A coherent introduction for researchers in astronomy, particle physics, and cosmology on the formation and evolution of galaxies.

All papers have been peer-reviewed. Chemical elements are fundamental matter to comprise the universe and hold a great deal of interest for astronomers and nucl

International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies 2003, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan, Nov. 17-19, 2003; 8th meeting.

Advances made by physicists in understanding matter, space, and time and by astronomers in understanding the universe as a whole have closely intertwined the qu